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Party at Joan's

Updated Nov. 17, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Your Nov. 7, broadside ("Party at Ralph's") on arbitration was baseless. We oppose mandatory not voluntary arbitration requirements buried in the fine print of consumer contracts because they shred consumers' legal rights in favor of a secret, expensive, business-dominated system.

The consumer attorneys attending a reception at Public Citizen's office are legal aid and private attorneys who toil in some of the least glamorous corners of the law. They see firsthand the unfairness of this industry-created system to...